- By Aashish Vashistha
- Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:32 AM (IST)
- Source:ANI
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday skipped the eighth summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped liquor policy. The Delhi CM sought another date after March 12 to give a response to the probe agency’s questions through video conferencing. However, the Enforcement Directorate reacted saying there was no provision for interrogation through video conferencing.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has sent a reply to the Enforcement Directorate. He said the summons is illegal but still he is ready to answer. Arvind Kejriwal has asked for a date after March 12 from ED. After that, Arvind Kejriwal will attend the hearing via video conferencing: AAP… pic.twitter.com/GHEUSQglZx
— ANI (@ANI) March 4, 2024
The ED had asked Kejriwal to appear before the central probe agency on Monday for questioning in connection with the money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the now-scraped Delhi excise policy for the 2021-22 fiscal year. The Delhi CM had skipped the agency’s summons on the past seven occasions.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief has decided to skip the ED summons as the Delhi government will present its budget in the Assembly later today. The Delhi CM skipped all the summons by the federal probe agency calling them ‘illegal’.
Earlier on February 26, Kejriwal reportedly skipped the seventh summons by the ED, with the party saying that the matter was ‘pending in court’ and it would be heard on March 16. The party requested the probe agency to wait for the court's decision instead of issuing repeated summonses.
The ED in one of its six chargesheets mentioned that the excise policy was conceived by Kejriwal, however, he has not been formally charged in the case. The probe agency issued a summons to Kejriwal in the case as it wants to record his statement in record Kejriwal's statement in the Delhi Liquor Policy 2021-22 case on issues including policy formulation, meetings held before it was finalised, and allegations of bribery.
